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                      4: NAME           rand -- random number generator
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                      7: SYNOPSIS       jsr pc,srand    /to initialize
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                      9: jsr pc,rand    /to get a random number
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                     12: DESCRIPTION    The routine uses a multiplicative congruential
                     13: random number generator to return successive pseudo-random
                     14: numbers in r0 in the range from 1 to 2^15-1.
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                     16: The generator is reinitialized by calling srand with 1 in r0.
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                     18: It can be set to a random starting point by calling
                     19: srand with whatever you like in r0,
                     20: for example the result left in r1 from sys___ time____.
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                     23: FILES          kept in /lib/liba.a
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                     26: SEE ALSO       --
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                     29: DIAGNOSTICS    --
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                     32: BUGS           --
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                     35: WARNING                The author of this routine has been writing
                     36: random-number generators for many years and has never been
                     37: known to write one that worked.

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